How to Delete Bookmarks on a Mac

By Andrew Tennyson

Learn how to delete bookmarks in the Safari, Firefox and Google Chrome browsers running on your Mac computer.

Whether you're working with Safari, Firefox or Google Chrome, the Web browser on your Mac OS X Yosemite computer has a dedicated bookmarks manager designed to help you edit your bookmarks. In all three instances, deleting a bookmark is simply a matter of opening the bookmarks manager, finding the item you want to remove and clicking Delete.

Safari (Version 8)

Step 1

Click Bookmarks on the main menu along the top of your Mac’s screen and select Edit Bookmarks to open Safari’s dedicated Bookmarks window.

Tip

This part of the process may vary slightly depending on your version of Safari. In some versions, you select Show Bookmarks instead of Edit Bookmarks. In Safari 8, you can also click the Show Sidebar icon to display the sidebar and then edit your bookmarks there.

Step 2

Click the arrow icon next to a folder to view the bookmarks in that folder. Skip this step if the bookmark you want to delete is not stored in a folder.

Step 3

Hold down the Control button, click the bookmark you want to delete and select Delete on the pop-up menu.

Tip

Depending on how your Mac is configured, you may also be able to two-finger tap your trackpad or Magic Mouse to display this pop-up menu.

Firefox (Version 37)

Step 1

Click Bookmarks on the main menu along the top of the screen and select Show All Bookmarks on the drop-down menu to launch Firefox’s bookmarks manager.

Step 2

Select the folder containing the bookmark you want to delete or click Unsorted Bookmarks if the bookmark is not stored in a folder.

Tip

Select Bookmarks Toolbar if your bookmark is saved on the main toolbar rather than in a folder or as part of the unsorted items.

Step 3

Select the bookmark to delete, click the Gear menu near the top of the window and choose Delete on the drop-down menu to delete the selected bookmark.

Chrome (Version 42)

Step 1

Click Bookmarks on the menu at the top of your Mac’s screen and select Bookmark Manager to open the browser's Bookmark Manager.

Step 2

Search for the bookmark to delete using the Search tool at the top of the Bookmark Manager or select the folder containing the bookmark.

Step 3

Click the three-dot menu icon associated with the bookmark you want to delete and select Delete on the drop-down menu.

Tip

In Chrome, you can immediately undo the accidental deletion of a bookmark by clicking the Undo bubble that appears in the bottom-left corner of the Bookmark Manager after you delete something.